That’s so interesting re: the history you have uncovered.
My husband has interviewed over 30 WWII vets. At first he just did audio and copied any pictures they wanted to share, and then he began using his camera to record them. Some of the stories are so interesting. Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, being captured and in prison camps, etc.
I have no idea what to do with all of this material!
I wrote an article for the paper about his uncle who died on Armistice Day. He was the brother of his great grandfather, and he was never talked about, so of course the history disappeared until he discovered him when researching another relative.
I think my husband should have been a history teacher.
>My husband has interviewed over 30 WWII vets
One of my favorite videos was 16 big name IBMers that I interviewed for a video about an eccentric genius. My VP bragged that the video would have cost 250K on the outside and I did it for 25K. I’m pretty good on interview videos so can give advice on how to get the most out of the least equipment, and how to direct the interview.
The next stage is editing the material for maintaining interest. There’s a couple of different ways to approach it, which I can describe offline if you’re interested. Being at IBM Research, I did it by transcribing all my interview raw materials, writing the best of the quotes on index cards, and crawling around on the studio floor to arrange them. Always preferred the lo-tech solutions.
The video your husband collected would lend itself to a YouTube video, and you’d certainly have viewer interest in the topic, as well as doing an historical good deed to not let these people be forgotten.